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Default upgraded SL like an idiot and now Win7 wont boot - 01-25-2010, 05:41 AM

so i successfully had my dual boot set up for SL and Win7. i forgot to upgrade SL to 10.6.2 after the original install. so i upgraded to 10.6.2 after everything was successfully dual booting and now my win7 partition wont boot.

is there a way to fix the boot without going through the hassle of re-doing the whole process over again?


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Default 01-25-2010, 01:20 PM

Yes. Did you run NBI again when you updated to 10.6.2 (as is required)? If so, that is what did it. NBI installs Chameleon in a way that renders Windows unbootable. I have posted a fix elsewhere in this forum that prevents that from happening. As it is, you need to run the Windows 7 repair using the steps in this guide, beginning with this one "- Insert Seven's DVD and go to Prompt in the "repair my computer" section." Those instructions are a little unclear, but you have to hold Shift+Fn+F10 to open the command prompt windows once you get to the installer screen that says "Repair my computer."

[EDIT - Actually, the guide here (beginning with phase 6, step 6) may be a little more clear all around.]


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Default 01-26-2010, 02:18 AM

this worked great! thank you i appreciate it


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